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  1. yukichigai

    Alright, non-US ATOTers, what's your country's version of COPS?

    So I've got Sickbeard, Sabnzbd, and about five usenet servers set up, and its let me go on a TV show binge lately. Any show that strikes even a passing fancy I've been watching in full, provided its available. The latest one to capture my interest? Fox's COPS, the original, ACTUAL reality TV...
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    Blending two networks, can only access one router

    Alright, so I've got a bit of a strange setup going here at home. Because we're out in the boonies we have two separate DSL connections. Rather than just using multi-wan, we've actually got two different subnets (on separate-but-linked physical networks) for each connection: 172.16.2.0/24...
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    Where do you get SFF brackets for NICs?

    Basically, I bought a low-height NIC for a computer I'm tooling up, but it only came with a full-height bracket attached. The card itself is maybe 1U height, and clearly the bracket is meant to come off. It looks like a thousand other NIC brackets I've seen over the years. I seem to remember...
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    What's the best FREE way to use a proxy as a transparent gateway?

    Alright so here's the basic deal. My girlfriend has been without internet for nearly a week now owing to a huge outage in her immediate area. She doesn't have a landline so she can't use dialup, and there isn't any nearby internet she can mooch off of either because, hey, area outage. I've...
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    Weird Boot-from-USB problem on a Latitude x300

    I'm having a rather bizarre issue with an x300 I recently recovered. I'm trying to get it up and running for the missuz, but I'm having a devil of a time getting Windows on it. The laptop doesn't have an optical drive, and I don't have a docking station. No problem though, right? Just boot...
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    Need a good way to make a one-time international call (US to UK)

    So in order to resolve some issues I'm having with something I ordered from the U.K., I find myself in need of a way to call a number in London. The problem is that I don't have an international calling plan at all; this is the first time I've ever needed to call internationally outside of work...
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    Looking for an SSH client that can automatically execute remote commands on login

    The short version is this: I need to make an SSH connection to a device and run several commands once the connection is established (netcat, if it matters), this on top of setting up several port forwards. I've found that both Tunnelier and PuTTY work well for the port forward aspect of things...
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    How do I make a transparent/no-config SSH tunnel in Windows WITHOUT using Proxifier

    Alright, so I've been poking at this for a while and I'm stumped. Read on. I've recently started using my Jailbroken first-gen iPhone as a tethered modem. Being a first-gen device, this has to be done by SSHing into the phone over wireless and then connecting via the SOCKS5 proxy provided...
  9. yukichigai

    Not quite programming: batch file

    Short and sweet, I need a batch file to do something kind of weird. I need it to go through a folder (and its subdirectories), and for each file of extension ".foo" I need it to place a copy of a separate file in the folder with the same name as the first file, but with the extension ".fop"...
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    Yay, I have a Mac... now what do I do with it?

    Hey there, PC user, gamer, and all-around tinkerer here. I just recently picked up a PowerMac G4 from a university surplus sale. It's a low-end Mirrored Drive Door model, dual 867mHz processors and an 80-gig HDD, DVD burner, probably some other crap I'm forgetting. Whatever, it was cheap and...
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    Captioned JPGs that behave like they have layers?

    Okay, so, I've snagged a few captioned JPGs recently which have a rather interesting property: in the Windows 7 thumbnail preview they show the UNcaptioned image. Now when I open up the image in any editor I can think of it just shows a standard JPG, no layers or anything and with the text in...
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    Need to get XP Home onto a laptop with no bootable CD drive

    Okay, so I have an interesting problem with a laptop I've been given to get running, a Sony Vaio. The CD drive isn't on the unit but rather on the docking station, which isn't too much of a problem (it's a light laptop). What IS a problem is that the CD drive is done, finished, kaput. It also...
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    OpenGL "frame jumping" after playing video

    There's this odd issue I've started having whenever I play any sort of video on my computer, or rather afterwards. As soon as I start up something that uses OpenGL (the 3d flowerbox screensaver, for example) the frames will be "jumping", or more accurately will be out of order. The most...
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    PXE boot difficulties

    So there's a little challenge I've put myself to, and have been working at over the past few days. I am in possession of a 2002 model Vaio laptop which (in Sony's infinite wisdom) does not have an onboard CD-Rom or floppy drive, but instead relies on a docking station that currently holds a...
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    Need a free antivirus solution for Server 2000

    Among the numerous computers I own is a 450Mhz machine running Windows Advanced Server 2000, which handles some minor DHCP stuff and run my Tribes server. (Old-school, baby!) I used to have AVG installed to keep it virus free, but a while ago (like a year ago I think) Grisoft finally realized...
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    Editing frequency equalization in Audacity

    I've got a compilation album I absolutely love called Misfits of Ska. It's got some pretty esoteric and awesome songs on there, but the sound mix is crap to say the least: way too much treble, not enough bass. I've tried correcting it by hand, as it were, but a simple 200Hz Bass Boost doesn't...
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    I'm making an Elk Roast

    It's my dad's b-day and I managed to get some Elk Roast from a friend of a friend. I'm gonna make it for dinner tonight, and I've got everything sorted out. Everything EXCEPT what to season it with. Thoughts?
  18. yukichigai

    Anybody know how to tell the gender of a mouse?

    Okay, this one requires a little backstory. About two months ago my cat (Ares) caught me not one but two mice which were quite literally just old enough to eat solid food. I found the momma mouse dead behind one of my bookcases so, being the bleeding heart I am, I decided to keep the little...
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    There's something about Grape Gatorade that's always puzzled me...

    Maybe it's because I'm drunk, maybe because even when I'm sober I have very little shame to speak of, but Grape Gatorade confuses me. Specifically, the effects it has on my *ahem* leavings confuses me. After a small bottle of the stuff it looks like I ate an entire box of fluorescent green...
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    Looking for some software capable of splitting individual channels (left/right) from an mp3

    If the topic wasn't clear, lemme go with an example. Say I had a 128kbps stereo (not joint stereo) mp3, and for whatever reason I just wanted to get the left channel of the mp3. But suppose I wanted to keep it in mp3 format, and didn't want to have to extract it to wav, then recompress to a...
  21. yukichigai

    Compiling AMD64 .sys files from assembler (.asm) code

    Right, so I've got some assembler code, suitable for making into a device driver. Well, under 32-bit windows. The difficulty is that I need to make it into a 64-bit compatible .sys file. I'm having trouble understanding how to create a .sys file for 32-bit windows out of asm code (with the...
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    Decompiling and Recompiling a .sys file

    I'm one of those accursed early adopters; I went to 64-bit Windows the minute x64 came out. So far it hasn't let me down, but every now and then I run into issues with peripherals. Usually it's obscure hardware that I don't really need to run anyway, but sometimes I'm really, really motivated...
  23. yukichigai

    Why is 720p/1080i upsampling only done via HDMI?

    My folks' DVD/VCR/DivX combo player has been acting up lately, so I've been looking into getting them a replacement. Most of the models I'm considering offer 720p or 1080i upsampling... but only via HDMI. (Their HDTV is YPbPr only) I remember that being the case since the feature started...
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    Looking for a TV Tuner/Capture Card that takes Component (Y/Pb/Pr) input

    I've been trying to lay my hands on some kind of component video capture card so I can exploit the new DirecTV HD receiver I have access to. The only thing I've been able to find is a Leadtek card (WinFast PVR3000 Deluxe) that has Component Input capable of handling 480i. Honestly though, if...
  25. yukichigai

    The top 10 must-have homebrew apps for a hacked PSP

    For those of you who can't read the title of the topic, what, in your opinion, are the ten must-have homebrew apps for someone with a hacked PSP? That's pretty much it. Go crazy.
  26. yukichigai

    My dad's going to Japan for a few days...

    My dad's been asking me if there's anything I want him to bring back from Japan for me, as he's going on a business trip there starting tomorrow. Unfortunately nothing is really springing to mind, other than "really good Sake and authentic japanese ramen." I figure ATOT should have some...
  27. yukichigai

    Having trouble getting data off a multi-session DVD

    I've got a DVD from out of my folks' new(ish) set-top DVD recorder, on which is recorded a show I asked them to record for me. Unfortunately, Windows can't seem to read the disc properly. I know the show is there (it loads in the aforementioned DVD recorder just fine) but when I go to the DVD...
  28. yukichigai

    Looking for a few HDTV-related doo-dads and thingamagummies

    I'm trying to "upgrade" my parents' TV setup so that they can take full advantage of the new HD DirecTV receiver and various other goodies they've recently installed throughout the house. Because they live out in the middle of nowhere (and they live alone) they pretty much rely on a centralized...
  29. yukichigai

    I have half a keg of flat beer

    I graduated last weekend (hooray) but unfortunately I managed to catch the stomach flu just before graduation. This also meant that I was unable to do my part during my graduation party to drink the keg of Widmer Heffeweisen I bought for the occasion. As such I am now the dismayed owner of a...
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    I need some sort of "RF signal isolator" type thing to isolate the central satellite output to channel 3/4

    I'm trying to fix some of my parents' frustrations with their TV setup at their house. They live out in BFE, so no cable. Fortunately they have satellite and a good outdoor antenna, but since the satellite receiver is old and only outputs on channels 3/4 they can't run it to all the other TVs...
  31. yukichigai

    I just got a DS Lite

    I just picked up a DS Lite with New Super Mario Brothers at Costco on a whim. It was pretty cheap and I gotta say it was worth it. However, I've been hearing some interesting things about how one can mod and hack DS Lites, things like being able to run Linux and homebrew apps. This intrigues...
  32. yukichigai

    Help me find the kernel debugger I didn't know I had installed

    Okay, I'll just skip the long explanation and go to the cliffs: Running XP x64 Installed Daemon Tools Won't work, says I need to disable my Kernel Debugger I haven't installed a Kernel Debugger, must have come with something else Suspects include: NOD32 Hamachi CygWin How can I...
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    I'm about to have two broadband internet connections

    I've been having difficulty with my DSL as of late. Ever since the access card for my line was fried in the remote terminal I'm attached to my DSL has been periodically disconnecting randomly. It's not my modem, it's not my router, it's not my computer, and this is according to AT&T. (Their...
  34. yukichigai

    The most blatant "slutty girl" spam ever

    Right, so, a while ago I signed up on one of those "personals" sites under one of my assumed names for s%$ts and giggles. (Okay, and the obvious pics of hot girls) Anyway, lo and behold I'm registered on the site for oh, say, 5 minutes before I get a message. Shocker, it's spam. An enticing...
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    I love gimmick cereals...

    Yeah, gimmick cereals rock. They're always, always the most sugary, un-nutritious things on the cereal shelf, period. I'm plowing my way through a box of Pirates of the Caribbean right now. It's... interesting. Okay, take Cocoa Puffs, then add in all the marshmallow bits from Lucky Charms...
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    Something weird is going on with Windows Updates

    I have several systems running XP, my main system running XP x64. Now I have it set on ALL my systems so that it at most auto-downloads but lets me choose which updates to install, and on the x64 system it prompts before downloading AND installing. Well, it did. I woke up this morning and...
  37. yukichigai

    F%$#ing winamp icons

    So I'm running x64, and I've run into a rather interesting problem: the file icons for anything handled by winamp will not show up in windows. Exporer, even in the file properties window it won't show up. If I set it to ANY other icon, even one completely unrelated to winamp while the program...
  38. yukichigai

    *Poll* The new consultant poached the computer I ordered

    Last week I ordered some new (refurbished) computers to put out in a few locations on the shop floor where they were needed. Yesterday they came in, but I didn't go in to work that day. However, the consultant we've hired to deal with a software conversion (that's the official word, though he...
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    It's official, the Ambien has hit me

    Hey, look, yuki is on Ambien again. I'm going to sleep soon, but I don't feel sleepy enough quite yet. So I'm up, watching TV on the Ghetto-HD. What's on? C-SPAN. Something about the House Subcomittee on Keeping Pervs from Kidknapping Idiot Kids from Myspace or something. I mean it's...
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    Uggh... godawful smell, BEGONE!

    I went on a brief vacation to the San Jose area for a Con over memorial day weekend. Before I left I put a load of dishes in the dishwasher and set it to run, so I wouldn't have to worry about things rotting in the sink or whatnot. Heh, irony... gets me every time. First off, I caught a...